Federico Lennois : romanzo

In the tranquil shade of a grand linden at Auteuil, brother and sister Auguste and Isalina d’Orbeil linger, their polished manners embodying the leisurely world of Parisian aristocracy. Auguste, a handsome yet haughty twenty‑four‑year‑old who despises poverty, clings to his privileged comforts, while his younger sister Isalina, an eighteen‑year‑old French beauty, revels in youthful pleasures and longs for a love delayed by his absence.

As summer wanes, rumors of marriage proposals, looming debts, and the expectations of high society press upon the siblings, testing Auguste’s rigid sense of honor and Isalina’s hopeful heart. A distant naval officer, Giustino Victor, appears as a possible match for Isalina, while Auguste’s restless pride threatens to clash with the more compassionate values of those around him, inviting listeners into a richly painted portrait of late‑eighteenth‑century French aristocracy where love, duty, and the ache of emerging adulthood intertwine.